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PS4 Rest Mode is the worst - can I just disable it?
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Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Turn off your PS4 in software...don't use the power button.
That's what I've done since 2013.
That's what I've done since 2013.
endlessflood
Member
That's a force power off, don't use that unless your PS4 becomes unresponsive. It's not good for it. Don't pull the power cable out while the PS4 is running either; that will also shut it down, and that's even worse for it.
Total bogus.
From the Sony support site:
It's a totally valid way to shutdown the system. If you keep holding it after the 2nd beep, that's a forced shutdown.
I am Christina Aguilera
Member
Man, Rest Mode pretty much works fine for me. It's always resumed seamlessly and immediately into whatever game I had been playing. My only real complaint with it is that I usually can hear the fan from it humming, so I worry about unnecessarily wearing out my PS4 or using a bunch of power, but I looked it up and in theory, running a PS4 in Rest Mode most of the time instead of turning it off completely only makes a difference of about $10 a year where I live, so potentially wearing out the fan is about the only thing I'm worried about for all of the benefits I get.
OP, I had similar problems. And it was totally random when it would fail.
I sent it in to Sony for repair, and they claimed to have fixed it. It seemed to be working, but soon after I reconnected my network cable, it started acting up again.
I disconnected the network cable, and it's been solid.
So: if you're using a wired ethernet cable, try switching over to wifi and see if the problem persists.
I sent it in to Sony for repair, and they claimed to have fixed it. It seemed to be working, but soon after I reconnected my network cable, it started acting up again.
I disconnected the network cable, and it's been solid.
So: if you're using a wired ethernet cable, try switching over to wifi and see if the problem persists.
It's been said many, many times in this thread, but I think there's something wrong with your PS4. My launch PS4 did weird crap like this and Sony replaced mine. IIRC it was within the first 90 days of launch, so it was pretty painless. Not sure your situation with warranties and such, though.
I haven't had problems with rest mode since. It works great and I love it.
I haven't had problems with rest mode since. It works great and I love it.
Patterbits
Member
Ah yes my favorite kind of the thread. The "I'm having a very specific, not widespread problem with X console, and will make a thread talking about how X company/console sucks because of it" thread.
Edit: That seemed a bit mean spirited. Seriously though, like everyone has pretty much said you should try to send your console back. I know dozens of people who haven't experienced this with their PS4.
Edit: That seemed a bit mean spirited. Seriously though, like everyone has pretty much said you should try to send your console back. I know dozens of people who haven't experienced this with their PS4.
endlessflood
Member
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's still a force power off. If you do it while the machine is in Rest mode for example then you'll be told your PS4 wasn't powered down correctly. It's clearly not gracefully powering down.
It is... It's the exact same as doing it from the menu. All it does is initiate the shutdown process. Quit spreading nonsense.
Also, would you turn off your pc by holding down the power button when it already is in standby mode? Obviously that causes issues. You (quick)boot and then power down.
Sword Of Doom
Member
Maybe it's because you're doing it from rest mode and not when the PS4 is on?
endlessflood
Member
I don't do it at all, but if it's a graceful power off wouldn't it work properly from Rest mode too?
Spartancarver
Member
Lmfao
Tea and Toast
Member
The rest mode works on my PS4 apart from the fans never shut off, ever. I've turned off the USB charging thing too and it still does it. It's pretty annoying.
That shouldn't be the case.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
That's not good, it shouldn't stay hot enough for the fans to remain on with just the low-power processor even when not downloading anything.
Probably best to turn your PS4 completely off.
Kilau
Member
Baldwin_the_First
Member
What a weird delusion to have.. Do you really not understand that it is your PS4's rest mode that is faulty? Or are you just pulling our leg.
nycgamer4ever
Member
Something is definitely wrong with your console or outlet. Get it checked. Ive never has an issue with rest mode on my Pa4 Amateur or my PS4 Pro. In fact as a father who games rest mode with suspend is the real MVP!
Tea and Toast
Member
Yeah, I left it in rest mode last night and it was still pretty warm in the morning :/. Will shut it down completely from now on!
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
TLR: Sony fucked rest mode on PS4 and it's frankly embarrassing how broken it is. Please just let me turn it off entirely.
TL
R OP attempts to make sweeping statements about issue local to his PS4 as a manufacturer's defect meanwhile the rest of us continue to use Rest Mode as intended.Well this is a dogpile. Think this points to maybe PS4 is more susceptible to power fluctuations when in low power mode than full-on-power mode, so those people with inconsistent power probably have issues like this. I'd try to get a small UPS and see if that makes it work better like has been suggested.
Parapraxis
Member
I wish every console had rest mode, it's amazing.
xenorevlis
Member
So to summarize...
OP claims rest mode is broken, but it's actually his system that's messed up, not rest mode. Also doesn't check power settings on PS4 and instead asks GAF if turning off rest mode is a thing.
Then OP claims he knows what a power-symbol button means and how to turn off the PS4, but immediately admits that they don't know how to operate the PS4 in the following sentence... in the same post.
Good luck OP, and happy gaming!
OP claims rest mode is broken, but it's actually his system that's messed up, not rest mode. Also doesn't check power settings on PS4 and instead asks GAF if turning off rest mode is a thing.
Then OP claims he knows what a power-symbol button means and how to turn off the PS4, but immediately admits that they don't know how to operate the PS4 in the following sentence... in the same post.
Good luck OP, and happy gaming!
Yeah man I don't understand this post. Guy needs to contact Sony if he is having problems with rest mode like that, but refuses to acknowledge that his PS4 has a problem?
This isn't a wide spread problem but the OP thinks it is....very confusing post. Surprised it hasn't been shut down by a mod yet.
Yep, either that or your area has brown outs all the time. Works great for me, use it all the time
NoMoreTrolls
Banned
Tag fishing thread? Lol
No problems here, defo your system brobro. Not sure what you can do beyond disabling it for now, but in the future... RTFM
No problems here, defo your system brobro. Not sure what you can do beyond disabling it for now, but in the future... RTFM
Do you own FFXV by any chance? When I woke up this morning the fans on my PS4 were going which was odd, so I turned it on and saw that it was in the middle of a 5+ gb update for FFXV. Could have been that.
Shadowhelper
Banned
That's what I do, and I've never had an issue. I would never have bought a PS4 Pro and kept it around if it didn't have rest mode and you couldn't just pop in and out of games whenever you wanted. Worked flawlessly for me everytime.
Dragon1893
Member
This explains why rest mode is giving me the same issues as the OP, the wiring in the apartment I currently live in is completely messed up, something I've only started to realize recently.
endlessflood
Member
If you never use it and you find it annoying, you can disable it completely if you want. It removes the UI references to it as well:
AbandonedTrolley
Member
They didn't, it works just fine, you clearly have a faulty machine. As mentioned try rebuilding databases. Failing that it could be that you've a stuck download/upload that seems to be keeping the machine in a low power download mode instead. But yeah the functionality works great, you are just the exception to the rule.
Nope. I did that a few times (and yes, I stopped let go immediately after the second beep), and I almost always had to restore database when I turned it on again.
Haunted
Member
I'd say that someone who is experiencing annoying, reproducable problems with a premier feature of the PS4 would be a prime candidate to RTFM. xD
Rest Mode on PS4 is very fast, Sleep Mode on Switch is instantaneous, my PC boot time from SSD takes mere seconds - I love how quick it is these days to get into the action. A far cry compared to the WiiU/PS3 and my old PC.